Chase Briscoe holds off teammate Christopher Bell in Charlotte to win 2nd straight playoff race
By Marcus Chen
News4JAX Sports
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Brock Purdy engineered two scoring drives in the fourth quarter and the San Francisco 49ers rallied to beat the Seattle Seahawks 32-29 Sunday on a 43-yard field goal by Eddy Pineiro with 1:56 to play. The win for 49ers (5-0) offered a small bit of payback for their two late-season losses to Seattle (3-2) last season, including a 41-6 defeat in the divisional round of the playoffs with a short-handed roster.San Francisco was a bit healthier for the first meeting this season and Purdy was able to deliver late as the Niners opened the season with five straight wins for the third time in the last eight seasons. The game featured an NFL season-high seven combined turnovers, an ejection of 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw and no touchdown drives of more than 25 yards before San Francisco took over trailing 26-21 late in the third quarter.Purdy responded with an impressive drive against the vaunted Seahawks' defense, including a 28-yard pass to Mike Evans after an intentional grounding penalty l